Buggy-top attachment.



v E. GANOE.

, BUGGY TOP ATTACHMENT. APPLIOATION'HLBD AUG. 11, 190e. nmmwnn Dnc. 23, 1907. 899,789.

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BUGGY-TOP ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

Application :filed August 11, 1906, Serial No. 330,170. Renewed December 23, 1907. Serial No. 407,715.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ELIJAH GANOE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sloan, in the county of Woodbury, State of Iowa, have 5 invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buggy-Top Attachments; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to buggies and more particularly to attachments therefor, and has for its object to provide an attachment for buggy tops by means of which the brace rods olf1 a top may be broken to permit of lowering t e top.

Other objectsl and advantages will be apparent from the following description, and it is to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a erson skilled in the art.'

In the drawings orming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is an elevational view of a buggy top provided withthe present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the attachment, fragments of the central bow and brace rod being shown. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on line 3*?) of Fig. 2 longitudinally of the hand lever. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a dierent form of the invention.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a buggy top including the usual verti- .cal central bow 5, and oppositely slanted front and rear bows 6 and 7, the top being exterior breakable race rods 8, the sections of which are movable forwardly into .alining position, and rearwardly into broken position.

Two of the attachments embodying the L5 present invention are used in connection with each buggy top, but these attachments are identical, except that they are constructed in the reverse, so that a description of one will suffice for both. Each attachment como prises an attaching yoke 9, the legs of which are engaged at opposite sides of one ofthe upright side portions of the bow 5, and the legs have rearwardly projecting reduced stems 11 which are engaged through a' connecting 5 plate 12, nuts being engaged with the stem ling disposed between the eyes with sides of this plate, and

`whichlregister with an opening 15 formed in the head 16 of a hand lever 17, this head bethe hand lever extending downwardly and forwardly, and normally in spaced relation to the yoke` for movement toward the yoke, and forward movement of the hand lever is limited by a stop member 18 carried by the yoke and extending across the lever.

An arm 19 has a' horizontal portion 19 .which is engaged in the openings 14 and 15,'

and a set screw 20 holds the hand lever 17 against movement upon the horizontal portion of the arm, so that movement of the lever results in rotation of this horizontal portion within the eyes. The arm extends outwardly from the yoke, and beyond its portion 19 is turned downwardly, as shown at 21, and curved at the lower end of this portion inwardly, and is then extended rearwardly, as shown at 22, and then outwardly at right angles, as shown at 23, this portion 23 resting against the forward face of one of the sections of the brace rod 8 adjacent to the pivotal union thereof. By reason of the fact that the horizontal portion 19 of the arm extends outwardly, the portion 21 of the arm lies in spaced relation to the bow 5, so that an occu ant of the buggy may grasp the bow, his fingers passing between the sides and the portions 21 of the arms of both attachments, and the hands may then grasp the levers 17 also and compress them toward the bow, which will result in pivotal movement of the arms 19 in the eyes, and rearward movement of the portions 23 of these arms, to break the brace rods 8, when continued rearward ull upon the bow 5 will result in folding of tliie top, as will be readily understood.

In Fig. 4, there is shown a form of the invention in which topping plates A and B are disposed at opposite sides of the depending ortion of the central top bow and extend forwardly therebeyond, the plates being secured to the top bow by means of bolts C passed through the plates with the bow therebetween. Alining perforations D are formed in the plates forwardly of the forward bolt, and have passed therethrough the central portion E oi an angular arm F corresponding to the arm 19. At the outer end of this portion E, the arm F is curved downwardly and rearwardly, as shown at G, and has a yoke H at its rearward end for the reception of the brace rod 8, a block being provided tol prevent disengagement of the yoke from the brace rod. At the opposite end of the portion E, the rod F is bent at an angle to form a hand lever K, and between the plates A and B the rod has thereupon a collar L adjustable longitudinally of the por tion E, and provided with a set screw M to hold it at diiierent points of its movement. The operation of this second form of the invention will be clearly understood without detailed description.

What is claimed is:

The combination, with a buggy top in* eluding a bowand a breakable brace rod, of a 2n yokeattached to the bow and provided with a pair of spaced bearing eyes; a rod having;r its ends bent laterally in opposite directions,I one of said ends being pivoted in said eyes; a hand lever having its head iitted in the space between said eyes and secured to the first-mentioned end of the arm, to rock said arm and move its other end into engagement with the brace, to break the same; and means carried by said yoke and arranged in the path of movement oi the lever, for limiting such movement.

ln testimony whereof, I ai'lix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ELUAH GANOE. Witnesses:

J. W. MURPHY, D. C. HUsKINs. 

